Playlist for 6-14-2022 WFCF - Drop It In the Middle

Wonderful!

 

For this week the show theme was simple - dropping the needle somewhere in the middle of the record, so no first songs, no last songs, just deep,deep cuts! Dr. Lonnie Smith, "Big" John Patton, Mundell Lowe, Gabor Szabo, Wayne Krantz, Wes Montgomery, Richard "Groove" Holmes and many more! Fun! Thanks to all who tuned in and thank you for stopping by! Check out my YouTube channel! - Kendo

Hour One:

Alternative Guitar Summit (Rez Abbasi, Jeff Miles) - "Noshufuru" - Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1 (2021)*

Eubanks Evans Experience - "And They Ran Out of Bisquits!" - EEE (2021)*

Chill...

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Mundell Lowe - "Ill Wind" - Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe (1956)

Wayne Krantz - "What They Were Written About" - Long to Be Loose (1993)

Mundell Lowe - "I'll Take Romance" - Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe (1956)

Lonnie Smith - "Layin' In the Cut" - Move Your Hand (1969)

Barney Kessel - "Barney's Blues" - Kessel Plays Standards (1954)

Jackie McLean - "Marilyn's Dilemma" - The Jackie McLean Quintet (recorded 60 years ago on 6-14-1962)

Richard Groove Holmes - "Down Home Funk" - Comin' On Home (1971)

Hour Two:

Gabor Szabo - "Gypsy Queen" - Spellbinder (1966)

Giovanni Hidalgo - "Footprints" - Hands of Rhythm (1996)

Unique!

Wayne Shorter - "Barracudas (General Assembly) - Etcetra (recorded 57 years ago on 6-14-1965)

John Patton - "The Turnaround" - Let 'Em Roll (1965)

Wes Montgomery - "Moanin'" - Portrait of Wes (1963)

Brother Jack McDuff - "Dink's Blues" - Live! At the Jazz Workshop (1963)

Bruce Forman - "Rope-a-Dope" - Reunion! (2021)

Hour Three:

Gabor Szabo - "Bacchanal" - Bacchanal (1968) The Ride Home!

Gabor Szabo - "Some Velvet Morning" - Bacchanal (1968)

Moody

Art Farmer Quartet - "Loads of Love" - Interaction (1963)

Hank Garland - "Move" - Jazz Winds From a New Direction (1960)

Jack Mouse Group - "Hip Check" - Range of Motion (recorded 20 years ago on 6-14-2012)

Pat Metheny/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes - "Law Years" - Question and Answer (1989)

Wynton Kelly - "Action" - Piano (1958)

Giacomo Gates - "Everything But You" - You (2021)*

Hour Four:

Larry Coryell (and John McLaughlin) - "Rene's Theme" - Spaces (1969)

Ryan Fourt - "Air-Gun" (Daisy's Revenge) - Big Slick (2015)

Funk Inc. - "Give Me Your Love" - Hangin Out (1972)

Boogaloe Joe Jones - "Sticks and Stones" - Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz guitar... (1968)

Barney Kessell/Herb Ellis - "Hello" - Poor Butterfly (1977)

Lonnie Smith - "Stand" - Mama Wailer (1971)

Grant Green - "Upshot" - Carryin' On (1969)

Playlist for 5-3-2022 - Celebrating Charnett

 

This week we had featured albums by Bobby Timmons, Count Basie and Joe Henderson, plus some earworms I wanted to share! Hour Two was a celebration of the life and art of Charnett Moffett, who was a school and musical buddy for a year. 


Hour One:

Art Farmer with Joe Henderson - "Blue Montreux" - Yama (1979) CTI Moment

Giacomo Gates - "With Plenty of Money and You" - You (2021)*

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Bobby Timmons - "Ain't Thinkin' About It" - A Little Barefoot Soul (1964)

Carmen McRae - "A Child Is Born" - Can't Hide Love (recorded 46 years ago on 5-3-1976)cha

Dexter Gordon - "Soul Sister" - Dexter Calling (1961)

Kenyon Hopkins - "On The Roof" - The Yellow Canary (1963)

Joe Henderson - "Power to the People" - Black Narcissus (1974)

Hour Two:

A Celebration of Charnett Moffett (1966-2022)

Wynton Marsalis - "Delfeayo's Dilemma" - Black Codes (From The Underground) (1985)

Wynton Marsalis - "Blues" - Black Codes (From The Underground) (1985)

General Music Project - "Rhythm Swing" - General Music Project II (1994)

Mulgrew Miller - "Wingspan" - Wingspan (1987)

Tony Williams - "Obsession" - Angel Street ()

General Music Project - "Oh Yeah!" - General Music Project II (1994)

General Music Project - "Mizzom" - General Music Project II (1994)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Help" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Can't Buy Me Love" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "Michelle" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Count Basie & His Orchestra - "I Wanna Be Your Man" - Basie's Beatle Bag (recorded 56 years ago on 5-3-1966)

Bobby Timmons - "Chun King" - Chun King (1964)

Bobby Timmons - "Someone to Watch Over Me" - Chun King (1964)

Dexter Gordon - "Mrs. Miniver" - The Panther! (1970)

Hour Four:

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Castillion Drums" - Countdown: Time In Outer Space (recorded 61 years ago on 5-3-1961)

Charles Earland - "We've Only Just Begun" - Live at the Lighthouse (1972)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies" - The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color (1975)

Joe Henderson - "The Other Side of Right" - Black Narcissus (1975)

John Patton - "Rakin' and Scrapin'" - Accent On the Blues (1969)

Miles Davis - "Selim" - Live Evil (1970)

Thelonious Monk - "Nutty" - Thelonious Monk Plays (1954)

Larry Coryell - "Improvisation..." - The Restful Mind (1975)

Playlist for 4-19-2022 WFCF - Featured Albums

 

For this show we examined a bunch of featured albums: "Young Man with a Horn" by Miles Davis, "Introducing Carl Perkins", Art Pepper's "Living Legend", John Patton's "Accent on the Blues", "The Worm" by Jimmy McGriff, and a tremendous album from CTI featuring Phil Woods, Flora Purim, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Berg, Art Farmer and more called "Rhythmstick"! Thanks to all who joined me and thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

ps - check out my recent videos on YouTube!

Hour One:

Carl Perkins - "Way Cross Town" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Paul Desmond - "Take Ten" - Skylark (1973) CTI Moment

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Ella Fitzgerald - "I Wished On the Moon" - 75th Birthday Celebration (1954)

John Coltrane - "Original Untitled Ballad (To Her Ladyship)" - Ole' (1961)

Art Pepper - "Ophelia" - Living Legend (1975)

Miles Davis - "Chance It" - Young Man With the Horn (1952)

Jackie McLean - "Right Now" - Right Now! (1965)

Hour Two:

Rhythmstick - "Caribe" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick - "Friday Night at the Cadillac Club" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Jimmy McGriff - "Heavyweight" - The Worm (1968)

Miles Davis - "Donna" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

Carl Perkins - "You Don't Know What Love IS" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Carl Perkins - "The Lady Is a Tramp" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Art Pepper - "Mr. Yohe" - Living Legend (1975)

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five - "Heebie Jeebies" (1926)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Hubert Laws - "Morning Star" - Morning Star (1972) The Ride Home! CTI Moment

Miles Davis - "Yesterdays" - Young Man With a Horn (1952)

Rhythmstick (feat. Phil Woods) - "Barbados" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick (feat. Flora Purim) - "Nana" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Rhythmstick (feat. Art Farmer) - "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" - Rhythmstick (1990)

Carl Perkins - "Just Friends" - Introducing Carl Perkins (1955)

Art Pepper - "Samba Mom-Mom" - Living Legend (1975)

Hour Four:

Jimmy McGriff - "Take the 'A' Train" - The Worm (1968)

John Scofield - "Chicken Dog" - A Go Go (1998)

Herbie Mann - "Battle Hymn of the Republic" - Memphis Underground (1969)

Herbie Hancock - "Watermelon Man" - Head Hunters (1973)

Charles Earland - "Brown Eyes" - Leaving This Planet (1974)

John Patton - "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

John Patton - "Lite Hit (alt take)" - Accent on the Blues (1969)

Playlist for 4-5-2022 WFCF - April Jazz!

 

image by Magali Guimarães

This show featured jazz recorded in the first week of April, including a Jerry Coker rarity recorded on this date (4/5) as well as featured albums by Tony Williams and Michel Camilo!

Hour One:

Stanley Turrentine - "Vera Cruz" - Gilberto with Turrentine (4-6-71)

Art Farmer Quartet - "One For Majid" - Sing Me Softly Of the Blues (1965)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Sarah Vaughan - "Just a Little Lovin'" - Feelin' Good (1971)

Grant Green - "No. 1 Green Street" - Green Street (4-1-61)

Herbie Mann - "Morning After Carnival" - My Kinda Groove (4-6-65)

Kai Winding - "Sunrise, Sunset" - Dirty Dog (4-1-66)

Michel Camilo - "On The Other Hand" - On The Other Hand (4-1990)

Michel Camilo - "Silent Talk II" - On The Other Hand (4-1990)

Michel Camilo - "Forbidden Fruit" - On The Other Hand (4-1990)

Hour Two:

Jerry Coker - "Un Poco Loco" - A Re-Emergence (recorded 39 Years Ago on 4-5-1983)

Jerry Coker - "Lush Life" - A Re-Emergence (recorded 39 Years Ago on 4-5-1983)

Herbie Mann - "Blues in the Closet" - My Kinda Groove (4-6-65)

Jack McDuff - "Theme from "the Carpetbaggers"" - The Dynamic Jack McDuff (4-7-1964)

Eddie Henderson - "Nostalgia" - Heritage (4-2-1976)

Tony Williams - "Only With You" - Angel Street (4-4~6-1988)

Kenny Barron - "Sunset" - Sunset to Dawn (4-2-1973)

Thelonious Monk - "I Should Care" - Thelonious Himself (4-1957)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Tony Williams - "Pee Wee" - Angel Street (4-4~6-1988) - The Ride Home!

Tony Williams - "Thrill Me" - Angel Street (4-4~6-1988)

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "They Say It's Wonderful" - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)

CTI All-Stars - "Blues West" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Four:

Donald Byrd - "Flight Time" - Black Byrd (4-3~4-1972)

Eddie Henderson - "Accuphuncture" - Heritage (4-2-1976)

Harold Land - "Our Home" - Choma (Burn) (1971)

Bobby Hutcherson - "Les Noirs Marchant" - Dialogue (4-3-1965)

Tony Williams - "Obsession" - Angel Street (4-4~6-1988)

CTI All-Stars - "It's Too Late" - California Concert (1971) CTI Moment

Playlist for 3-22-2022 WFCF - Deep Tracks!

Deep jazz album tracks and music recorded on the date of the broadcast (3/22/22) as well as featured albums from Milt Jackson, Herbie Mann, Idris Muhammad and Victor Feldman!

Hour One:

Paul Chambers - "Stablemates" - Chambers Music (recorded 66 years ago 3-22-1956)

Freddie Hubbard - "Prophet Jennings" - Hub-Tones (1962)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Lou Donaldson - "Elizabeth" - Midnight Creeper (1968)

Herbie Mann - "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Hold On, I'm Coming (1972)

Sonny Rollins - "Kiss and Run" - Plus Four (recorded 66 years ago 3-22-1956)

Milt Jackson - "On The Scene" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Art Farmer with Yusef Lateef - "Sandu" - Something You Got (1977)

Milt Jackson - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Hour Two:

Cal Tjader - "Ritmo Caliente" - Huracan (recorded 44 years ago 3-22-1978)

Bill Evans - "The Boy Next Door" - Live at Shelly's Manne Hole (1963)

Jimmy Smith - "Big Fat Mama" - Plain Talk (recorded 62 years ago 3-22-1960)

Dexter Gordon - "Tangerine" - Tangerine (1972)

Grant Green - "Green Jeans" - Matador (1965)

Red Garland - "Stompin' at the Savoy" - Red Garland's Piano (recorded 65 years ago 3-22-1957)

Astrud Gilberto - "Ponteio" - Gilberto with Turrentine (1971) CTI Moment

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis - "Walkin'" - In Person Friday Night at the Blackhawk (1961) The Ride Home!

Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Take the 'A' Train" - Dave Brubeck and Jay & Kai at Newport (1956)

Milt Jackson - "Bags Groove" - Wizard of the Vibes (1952)

Victor Feldman - "Bebop" - The Arrival of Victor Feldman (1958)

Victor Feldman - "There Is No Greater Love" - The Arrival of Victor Feldman (1958)

Johnny Smith - "Walk Don't Run" - In a Sentimental Mood (1954)

Hour Four:

Miles Davis - "Basin St. Blues" - Seven Steps to Heaven (1963)

Herbie Mann - "Memphis Underground" - Hold On, I'm Coming (1972)

Herbie Mann - "Hold On, I'm Coming" - Hold On, I'm Coming (1972)

Idris Muhammad - "Power of Soul" - Power of Soul (1974)

Idris Muhammad - "Loran's Dance" - Power of Soul (1974)

 

Playlist for 3-8-2022 WFCF - Soul Jazz Tuesday XV

 

Episode XV of Soul Jazz Tuesday on WFCF with featured albums by Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery & Reuben Wilson!


Hour One:

Miles Davis Quintet - "Blues By Five" - Cookin' (1956)

           3:15 Jazz Coffee Break 

Miles Davis Quintet - "My Funny Valentine" - Cookin' (1956)

Sonny Stitt - "I'll Walk Alone" - In Style (1981)

Cal Tjader - "Tumbao" - Demasiado Caliente (1960?)

Cal Tjader - "Bludan" - Demasiado Caliente (1960?)

Freddie Hubbard - "Gittin' Down" - The Black Angel (1969?)

Modern Jazz Quartet - "The Spiritual" - Live at the Lighthouse (1967)

Hour Two:

Wes Montgomery - "What The World Needs Now" - Tequila (1966)

Wes Montgomery - "Bumpin' On Sunset" - Tequila (1966)

Herbie Hancock - "Maiden Voyage" - Maiden Voyage (3-17-1965)

Gary Burton - "Brownout" - The New Quartet (3-5/6/1973)

Curtis Fuller - "Jacque's Groove" - Smokin' (1972)

Astrud Gilberto - "Zazueira" - Gilberto with Turrentine (3-?-1971)

Roland Kirk - "Making Love After Hours" - Here Comes The Whistleman (3-14-1965)

Charlie Earland - "Buck Green" - Black Drops (1970)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Miles Davis Quintet - "Tune Up/When Lights Are Low" - Cookin' (1956) - The Ride Home!

Hank Mobley - "Cute 'N Pretty" - A Slice of the Top (1966)

Catalyst - "Athene" - Unity ()

Freddie Hubbard - "Put It In the Pocket" - Gleam (3-17-1975)

Hour Four:

Reuben Wilson - "Love Bug" - Love Bug (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Stormy" - Love Bug (1969)

Reuben Wilson - "Back Out" - Love Bug (1969)

Kenny Barron - "Peruvian Blue" - Peruvian Blue (3-14-1974)

Wes Montgomery - "Tequila" - Tequila (1966)

Freddie Hubbard - "Kuntu" - Liquid Love (3-18-1975)

Playlist for 3-1-2022 WFCF - March Music

 

On this broadcast we listened to music recorded the first week of March! Lots of Miles plus Denny Zeitlin, Julie London, Melvin Sparks, Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris and lots more! Thank you for stopping by! - Kendo

Hour One:

Miles Davis - "Miles" - Milestones (3-4-1958)

            3:15 Jazz Coffee Break

Miles Davis - "Sid's Ahead" - Milestones (3-4-1958)

Sonny Rollins - "The Freedom Suite" - Freedom Suite (3-7-1958)

Miles Davis - "Blue In Green" - Kind Of Blue (3-2-1959)

Hour Two:

Julie London - "Sentimental Journey" - Julie at Home (3-4-1960)

Miles Davis - "Pfrancing" - Someday My Prince Will Come (3-7-1961)

Grant Green - "Count Every Star" - Born to Be Blue (3-1-1962)

John Coltrane - "Untitled Original 11386 (Take 1)" - Both Directions at Once (3-6-1963)

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - "You Are Too Beautiful" - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (3-7-1963)

Hank Mobley - "Up A Step" - No Room For Squares (3-7-1963)

Hour Three:

            ~ The Break Room ~

Denny Zeitlin - "Stonehenge" - Cathexis (3-6-1964)

Wayne Shorter - "Angola" - The Soothsayer (3-4-1965)

Freddie Hubbard - "The Melting Pot" - Blue Spirits (bonus track) (3-5-1966)

Herbie Mann - "Uskudar" - Impressions of the Middle East (3-7-1966)

Herbie Hancock - "Riot" - Speak Like a Child (3-6-1966)

Herbie Hancock - "First Trip" - Speak Like a Child (3-6-1966)

Hour Four:

Eddie Harris - "Fooltish" - Come On Down! (3-3-1970)

Catalyst - "Maze" - Unity

Ray Bryant - "My Cherie Amour" - MCMLXX (3-5-1970)

Melvin Sparks - "Who's Gonna Take The Weight" - Spark Plug (3-1-1971)

Stan Getz - "500 Miles High" - Captain Marvel (3-3-1972)

Grant Green - "Cease The Bombing" - Carryin' On (1969)